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"So I told Malcolm that I will do a FAQ on fire breathing/eating and I think I will add trailing into it since I get asked about that a fair bit. In order for me to make the most of this..."
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"I live in Louisiana and i can hardly find places here to show my skills. I use glowsticks for my swinging. There are alot of people who who try to immitate and that's why most places do..."
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"for all of you who get hired for events or other things. how do you get these jobs. do you live in an area where there is a high demand for performers or do you advertise in anyway. i t..."
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"hey all,knew to this board, and curious about E, what is it and how you take it? laterAndy"
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"Can anyone tell me speeking from experience, what I should charge for a performance. Say I drive two hours to a gig perform 15 minutes and drive two hours back. OR even like if I travel..."
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"Hey y`all.If anybody from London could help me to film my poi playing to put on this site as lessons I would be forever gratefull, as I am terriable at explaining things and would love ..."
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"I meant to post this a while ago, but I saw a GREAT fire spinner at the Coachella music fest (in the Insomniac tent during the Chemical Bros. set) in Cali back in April. In case you re..."
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"i have a english exam in about 1 - 1.5 hours... and i am not too good at english ... hey this is really good newss!!sorry i have not been posting i have been revisiong as fotr the next ..."
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"if you were suddenly made homeless, what TWO items would you want to have? (and they can't be a person or anything money-related- i.e., no blank checks, bank books, etc)think of surviva..."
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"hey all ive been looking everywhere on the net the only site ive found with some good movies is this one i was just wondering if anyone else had some websites with some glowsticking foo..."
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"P.L.U.RThe dissolution and bastardisationP.L.U.R ~ it’s quite the buzzword at the moment. We’re hearing it used throughout media and many people are spouting the acronym without he..."
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"hey all, im going to Egypt tommorow afternoon! wow this is gunna be cool. im so tempted to bring my fire poi. do you think i should? i know when a friend of mine went to Israel he sa..."
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"Hi again ,I am a complete stranger to all these discussion groups and all, but poi and fire make my heart beat and paint rainbows in my life so I'd love to talk about it more, learn mor..."
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"OK, Guys, my one year aniversary to the HOP message board is on the 19th. Im going to out of town for a coupla weeks on that day, so I just wanted to say, in that year I have learned a..."
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"The name's Dee....Princess Dee if I'm in a stuck up mood. Well I'm from Jamaica and I was wondering if there are any fire dancers here in Ja. or on any of the other islands. I've been s..."
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"I just wanted to vent. Our permits to burn have been revoked! Now each of us has to individually go to the state fire marshall and pay 27.50 to be registered to do fire performance. ..."
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"Here's the quote:"To see more about this beautiful art, my favorite resource is www.juggling.co.nz ."and here is where to find it:http://www.jennifersteele.com/shows.htmI think the mos..."
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"yo everyone just wanted to know if any people had a site or something with a rave loactor or some crap i search and find nothing on where they are all held and stuff. i live on the east..."
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"Due to Flash Fire's recent notes causing "heated" discussions ..get it? heated?... , and my somewhat opinionated posts as well I wanted to make it very clear to people that what Flash ..."
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"Tomorrow I leave for America. I'm working for a couple of months in a summer camp then going to Burning Man.I don't know how much internet access I'll have over there but I'll make sur..."
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"What were you like before you started spinning poi?Are you different now than you were before? Can you attribute any change to your new hobby/obsession?I'm more aware of simple, previo..."
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"Hey Ren, what happens when i push this button on the time machine?No ,,, Stimpy you eediot ! youll send us backinTTTTTiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmmm...................Hey Ren, what happens when i..."
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"OK, Guys I am starting on the, I guess **most** Frequently asked of the FAQ's. What FAQs do you old timers want to see? I'm going thru this board and the old one, looking for answers ..."
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"you know what I'm asking Josh"
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"Seeing as we are living in a world where digital interaction if very common I was wondering what people use the web for in the form of: What other websites (top 3) do you all look at..."
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"Thoughts to concider as sent to me by a friend....and I normally wouldn't post them here at all, except I think that in lew of alot of what went on here in the past two weeks, some of t..."
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"One of the Calefaction crew just got a new digital camera, so natch to help him break it in we took a ton of cool fire pix. It even does videos! Follow the links at the top of this pa..."
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"Hi all... Nice forum here!! Anyway, I am new to the art of poi, and have been practicing for about a month. I've got several tricks down pretty well, and am learning more everyday. My q..."
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"So I had this particularly horrible spinning weekend for some odd reason. I bonked myself alot more than normal and was very frusterated, then allowing the frustration to carry on the b..."
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"I'm headed off to Italy for a few weeks, i'm sure there'll be a slew of new posts when i get back Hope i don't go into withdrawl from bein away from fire, whoever mentioned that this ..."
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"Hi everyone, dont want to make you all paranoid but I have been reading up on the latest bugging, spying and surveillance methoeds used by our supposed democratic leaders and their goon..."
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"Wow the split of general discussion shows how much we actually talk about poi, after all this is a poi website. Nice move Malcolm.peace outgarbo ------------------ quote:"Be the cha..."
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"Hiya,I'm just wondering if anyone has seen these in action yet.If the strobe is fast enought to give the appearance of a solid chain of individual lights, that would be very cool.But if..."
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"Malcolm has set up guidelines for Flash FIre and I to use as your humble moderators but I am intereseted to hear what you all expect from us as well. While we are to use these guideline..."
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"I got these new photons called RAV'N, pretty fuckin expensive, 35 bucks each, but they are cool as hell Kind of pisses me off though because someone who isnt even any good at Poi can i..."
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"ok, last night i was at a club and obviously there are a bunch of police to watch over the place (these aren't the normal security guards!) anyway, a couple of breakers and me we're sta..."
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"well i have just returned from seeing the film 'the mummy returns' you lot in the us most probally have seen it months ago but if not i strongly advise you D O N' T G O, it is very poo..."
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"Last weekend was a blast at DEMF, and me and my friend alan were by far the best people there with stix on strings (which really suprised me because im fairly new to it...i only saw a f..."
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"Hey poi people.I have just been to the workshop @ the Drome in London, and as always loved every second I was there. When I stopped playing poi for a brief moment, I sat back to realise..."
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"i have not been checking this site much recently and have been posting even less as my internet access only alows me to use it during the night. however that is not the worst part. the ..."
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"Tomorrow (31st May) I will be 19 years of age, and I`m going to swing my fire like i`ve lived that long to do so.Wish me luckTony Touch.------------------peace, love and light*TOUCH*"
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"How's it going everybody?So my new job is the coolest, by far the most rewarding position I've held (I work for defenders of wildlife)Here's our website if you're interestedwww.defender..."
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"The tribal UV paint from this site is so cool. I wanted to redecorate my room with a crazy design but I didn't want to spoil the resell value of the flat so I painted it in very conserv..."
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"im off to be married tomorrow....ill be in italy for a week, maybe ill see you mr Sock. ill be on the spanish steps Monaday morning (italy time) 9:00am..Peace everyone...havea good wee..."
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"On my recent trip to San Francisco, I had the pleasure of attending a show produced by our own Diana T. Huntress, called the Next Evolution Sideshow.If memory serves me right, there was..."
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"What do you feel is the difference between skill and talent? Not just in poi but in any area of life.------------------Pele Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir..."
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"I left my poi at home today!I'm going through serious withdraws as I haven't spun since Sunday! Anyone else go through poi withdraws??? plur,CRD"
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"We all know of the popular double poi and staff and it's variations, flags, staff with one big flag covering the intire staff, the cross configureation staff,clubs,batons ect..My questi..."
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"i heard my kiwi boyfriend about poi and juggling backpackers at south island.anyone know about this?"
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"Could anybody suggest a type of dance to learn so I can display my fullest emotion in my performances.Thank ya`ll------------------peace, love and light*TOUCH*"

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